Street-car motor



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STREET OAR MOTOR.

No. 419,534. Patented Jan. 14, 1890.

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B. RJMOORE. STREET GAR MOTOR. No. 419,534. Patented Jan. 14,1890.

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UNITED" STATES PATE T rricE.

BURCHELL R. MOORE, OF KANSAS CITY, KANSAS.

STREET-CAR MOTOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 419,534, dated January14, 1890. Application filed April 25, 1889- Serial No. 308,541. (Nomodel.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, BURoHELL R. MOORE, of Kansas City, in the county ofWyandotte and State of Kansas, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Street-Oar Motors, of which the following is a full,clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanyingdrawings, forming a part of this specification, and in which- Figure Iis a top or plan View of my improved device. Fig. II is a side viewshowing apor- 'tion of the side of the car broken away andthe bottom ofthe car, being a section taken on line II II, Fig. I, to more clearlyshow the parts. Fig. III is a transverse section taken on line III III,Fig. I. Fig. IV is a transverse section taken on line- IV IV, Fig. I.Fig. V is an enlarged plan view of the supporting-plate. Fig. V1 is anenlarged detail view of the friction-rollers.

My invention relates to improvements in street-car motors; and myinvention consists in features of novelty hereinafter described, andpointed out in the claims.

The present'invention is an improvement on the device patented to myselfand Charles D. Montayne February 12, 1889.

Referring to the drawings, 1- represents the bottom frame or floor of acar, 2 the ends, 3 the sides, and 4 the top, of. the car, and 4%represents the wheels on which the car travels. 5 represents acylinder-of gasor other engine supported on a frame 6, said frameresting on the floor of the car.

7 represents the piston, which is journaled at its outer end to a crank8 on the driveshaft 9. The drive-shaft 9 is supported by the frame 6 andis provided at its outer ends with cranks 10.

11 represents balance-wheels located on the shaft 9.

2 represents an intermediate shaft located beneath the floor of the car,the same being supported by hangers 13.

14 represents cranks located at the ends of the shaft 12.

15 represents drive-rods which connect the cranks 14 on the shaft 12with the cranks 10 on the drive-shaft 9, by which means motion is givenfrom the drive-shaft to the intermediate shaft 12.

of the bar 19 is pivoted to an arm 22 of a crank 23. The crank 23 isfulcrumed to the upper end of a standard 24, said crank having an arm25, to which is pivoted one end of a link 26, the other end of the linkbeing pivoted to a lever 27.

28 represents a plate, (see Figs. II and V,') which is hooked at one ofits ends overa rod 29, secured beneath the floor of the car. As anadditional support the plate rests on a boxing 30 on one of the axleslS. The standard 2t and a standard 31 are secured to the plate 28. 9

32 represents a bracket attached to the plate 28,- to which the lowerend of the lever 27 is pivoted.

33 represents a rack secured to the standards 24: 31. I

34 represents a pawl pivoted to the lever 27, said pawl being connectedto the usual rod 35 and handle 36 for operating the same.

37 represents a swinging bar composed of two sections, which are pivotedat their upper ends to the arm 22 of the crank 23. These bars extenddown below the fric tion-roller 18% and pass to each side of the same.At the lower end of the bars'37 are located frictionrollers 38 39, thebrasses of this journal being supported by a clevis 40, and are held totheir proper position by wedges 41.

42 represents a bolt by which the lower ends of the bars are connected,and 43 represents a sleeve on said bolt, which keeps the bars at theproper position from each other.

44 represents connecting-rods between the rear and front wheels.

45 represents braces extending from the rear to the front axles.

ME-represents the brake-lever, which has. the usual pawl 47 and rod 48attached thereto.

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16 revolves in the direction shown by arrows in Figs. II and VI, it willbe seen that when (by the use of the lever 27) the friction-roller 18%is pressed into contact with said roller it will cause thefriction-roller to revolve in the direction shown by the arrows, and asthe friction-roller also comes in contact with the roller 17 on the axleof the car it will cause the roller 17 to turn in the direction shown bythe arrows at the top of said wheel, and

'thus drive the car in a forward direction.

Then it is desired to travel in the opposite direction or reverse themotion of the car, all that is necessary to do is to so manipulate the.lever that the frictionroller 18% will be raised out of contact with theroller 16 17 and the friction-rollers 38 39 raised into contact withsaid rollers. It will be seen that the roller 16 would cause thefriction-rollers 38 39 to turn in the direction shown by the arrows,which would cause the roller 17 to turn in the direction shown by arrowson the lower side of the same, which would cause the car to travel inthe opposite or backward direction. There is sufficient space betweenthe friction-roller 18%; and the friction-rollers 3b 39 so that by theproper working of the lever they may at the same time be all held out ofcontact with the rollers 16 17 when it is desired to stop the car.

I claim as my invention 1. In a streetcar motor, the combination of theroller 16 and suitable means for turning thesame, a roller 17, securedto one of the main axles of the car, a friction-roller 18-}- as aconnecting medium between the rollers 16 17, and crank 23 and lever 27for holding said friction-roller in or out of contact with said rollers16 17, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

2. In a street-car motor, the combination of the rollers 16 17, meansfor rotating the roller 16, friction rollers 38 39, means for holdingsaid friction-rollers in contact with each other, and a crank 23 andlever 27 for holding said rollers in or out of contact with the rollers16 17, substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

3. In a street-car motor, the combination of the friction-roller 18%,secured to a swinging bar as a connecting medium between two rollers forthe purpose of driving a car in a certain direction, andfriction-rollers 38 39, attached to a swinging bar as a connectingmedium between two rollers for the purpose of driving the car in theopposite direction,

substantially as described, and for the purpose set forth.

4. In a street-car motor, the combination ,of the drive-shaft 9,intermediate shaft 12,

means for rotating the shafts, roller 16, se-

cured to the shaft 12, a roller 17, secured to one of the axles 18,friction-roller 18%, journaled to a swinging bar 19, friction-rollers 3339, journaled to a swinging bar 37, said bars 19 and 37 being pivoted toa crank23, and

means for connecting said crank with an operating-lever, substantiallyas described, and

for the purpose set forth. I

5. In a street-car motor, the combination of the plate 28, beingsupported by a rod 29 and one of the axles 18, and suitable standjardssecured to said plate for the purposeot' supporting thefriction-rollers, and lever for operating the same, substantially asdescribed,

and for the purpose set forth.

BUROIIELL R. MOORE. In presence of- J AS. E. KNIGHT, J. E. TURNER.

